Research for better decisions.

We investigate climate change, biodiversity and land use, natural capital, resource use, and sustainable-finance themes. Work can include policy and market mapping, company and sector research, comparative studies, and reviews of environmental data and methodologies.

What you receive

• A sourced evidence review or landscape report, with data gaps clearly identified
• Company, sector, market or policy comparisons and a structured research dataset
• Analysis of relevant climate, biodiversity or sustainability indicators
• Practical implications for strategy, finance, reporting or further investigation

Decisions it supports: Where should we focus? Which risks or opportunities warrant attention? What evidence supports a policy, financing approach or sustainability claim?

We design research with customers, households, communities, employees and institutional stakeholders. Interviews, surveys and consultation help explain how people experience a service, what shapes their decisions, and where access or delivery can improve.

Research can address gender and inclusion, household vulnerability, customer satisfaction and confidence, barriers to participation, and the different experiences of stakeholder groups.

What you receive

• A research plan, sampling approach and interview or survey instruments
• Agreed recruitment and fieldwork support, with consent and confidentiality arrangements
• Coded interview findings, survey analysis and comparisons across relevant groups
• A clear account of needs, decision factors and practical service improvements

Decisions it supports: Why are people participating or dropping out? What creates trust and confidence? How should a product, service or programme change?

We evaluate how programmes are designed and delivered, who they reach and what outcomes the evidence supports. We combine programme records, stakeholder interviews, participant surveys and quantitative indicators to explain results in context.

What you receive

• Evaluation questions, a results framework and an evidence-collection plan
• Process and outcome assessment, including participation and delivery barriers
• Baseline, follow-up or comparative analysis where the data and design support it
• A findings report, prioritised recommendations and a presentation for decision-makers

Decisions it supports: Should we continue, adapt or scale the programme? Which delivery changes matter most? What should we measure next?

We distinguish observed outcomes from effects that can be attributed to a programme. The evaluation design and available evidence determine the strength of the conclusions.

We support academic, policy and applied research from the initial question through to analysis and communication. Projects can combine published evidence, original data collection and mixed methods, bringing qualitative findings and quantitative results together.

What you receive

• Literature and evidence reviews with a transparent source register
• Research design, hypotheses or evaluation questions, and documented methods
• Data preparation, quality checks and reproducible analytical workbooks or code where agreed
• Research reports, policy briefs, technical appendices and publication-ready supporting material

Decisions it supports: What does the existing evidence tell us? Where are the gaps? What further research would resolve the question?

We agree the research question, methods, specialist roles, data permissions and deliverables before work starts. Local fieldwork and technical specialist inputs are matched to the assignment.

Our senior team brings individual experience in ESG research, institutional-investor engagement, sustainable finance and climate methodology from roles at MSCI, Sustainalytics, asset managers and development finance institutions.

Antonios Panagiotopoulos coauthored MSCI’s A Major Step Forward for Scope 3 Carbon Emissions while at MSCI. This is an example of individual prior-employer research experience.